Revelers, celebrities and politicians put on their finest green around the country in honor of St. Patrick's Day on Saturday. ( Reuters ) Britain's Catherine, Duchess of Cambridge and Prince William stand on the review dias at the presentation of Shamrock to the 1st Battalion Irish Guards, at a St Patrick's Day parade at Cavalry Barracks in Hounslow, London, on March 17, 2018.

Sold as a slave to a king in the northeast, Saint Patrick had the lonely task of tending the pigs and sheep. Legend says his real name was Maewyn Succat, but he later changed it to Patricius (or Patrick), which derives from the Latin term for father figure.

"Normally St Patrick's Day would fall on a weekday where we can't have road closures so it's just great to be able to roll it into one big day", Mr Roche said. March 17 is the ostensible day when Romano-British Christian missionary Saint Patrick died. Legend says he also fought witches, turned his walking stick into a tree and banished all the snakes from Ireland.

Ireland: In Ireland, St. Patrick's Day is a national holiday with banks, stores, and businesses closing for the day. This is more than seven times the population of Ireland (4.6 million).

This is done as a commemoration of St Patrick's Day, a yearly event that celebrates Irish culture and history. He was in his mid-40s when he made a decision to return to Ireland.

"In that way, we've got a whole new younger Irish group coming through".

Hogan is part of an active and close-knit Rochester community of people from Ireland, a lot of them connected in some way to Mayo Clinic. The soldiers, known as St. Patrick's Battalion, flew a green banner emblazoned with the phrase "Erin go Bragh".

The "Star Wars" actor, whose great-grandmother was born in Ireland, was invited to represent the Irish diaspora at the celebration.

For you see, there are six times more Americans claiming Irish heritage than in Ireland itself. People decided he deserved a holiday because he introduced Christianity to Ireland in the fifth century, so now in remembrance of him we observe and celebrate March 17.

People take part in parades and dancing, eat Irish food, and enjoy firework displays.

St. Patrick's Day was typically, according to tradition, a dry holiday.

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